Lee's German Named NAIA All-American

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Chalk up another big honor for Lee University’s Hollie German. On Tuesday evening at the annual NAIA national tournament banquet, the junior guard was named to the 10-member 2013 NAIA Coaches’ All-America Team.

This season German has already been named the CoSida Academic Player of the Year, the SSAC Player of the Year and to the All-Tournament team. She will lead the Lady Flames into the first round of the NAIA Division I National Championship on Wednesday at 8:30 a.

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Four other Lady Flames were also honored at the banquet. Rachel Lockhart was Lee’s Champion of Character winner, while Julia Zimmerman, Karley Miller and Lauren Browning joined German and Lockhart on the NAIA National Scholar Athlete list.

The members of the 2013 WBCA NAIA Coaches’ All-America Team are as follows:

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Tugce Canitez

Westmont College

Sr.

F

6-2

Brittney Carter

Faulkner University

Sr.

C

6-3

Kendra De Jong

Northwestern College

Sr.

F

6-1

Hollie German

Lee University

Jr.

G

5-8

Lauren Gober

Oklahoma City University

Sr.

F

6-2

Nicole Hampton

Lubbock Christian University

So.

G

5-10

Natalie Shumpert

Freed-Hardeman University

Sr.

G

5-4

Morgan Smith

College of the Ozarks

Sr.

C

6-0

Morgan Stuut

Saint Xavier University

So.

F

5-10

Nicole Yazzie

Westminster College

Sr.

G

5-7

“The WBCA congratulates the members of the 2013 NAIA Coaches’ All-America Team,” said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. “These 10 student-athletes have helped trigger their teams’ success this season and have propelled their game to a level that is deserving of such recognition.”


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